Today Wells Fargo Center for the Arts announced that leader of the new wave rock group The Pretenders, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame artist Chrissie Hynde will perform a one-night-only concert at the Ruth Finley Person Theater (50 Mark West Springs Road) in Santa Rosa on Thursday, December 4, 2014 at 8:00 pm coinciding with the release of her critically and commercially hailed new album Stockholm, which debuted in the U.S. Top 40 upon its June release from Will Travel/Caroline Records. Hynde will be performing critically acclaimed songs from her new album such as the single "Dark Sunglasses," as well as hits from her years with The Pretenders. Tickets for the show go on sale on September 12, 2014 at noon and may be purchased for $59 and $49 online at wellsfargocenterarts.org, by phone at 707.546.3600, and in person at 50 Mark West Springs Road in Santa Rosa.

From her very first album where she almost threw away the killer line "I'll never be like a man in a man's world" at the fade-out to 'Lovers of Today', Chrissie Hynde displayed a voice that can convey sadness, joy and regret better than almost anyone putting her near the top of the premier league of rock vocalists. And now 25 million records sold and 30-plus years into her tenure as the founder and leader of The Pretenders, Chrissie Hynde releases Stockholm, the first ever album under her own name. This milestone was heralded by Chrissie's debut appearances on The Tonight Show StarringJimmy Fallon and The Colbert Report with her performance of "Dark Sunglasses," the album's "cutting, springy first single" (Rolling Stone) that charted in the AAA Top 20.

Stockholm has the vibe of an energized debut by a vital artist, one who gives voice to the disaffected while celebrating the undeniable power of a classic love song, a night on the dance floor, and honest authentic rock n roll. Hynde sums up her new direction with her view: "So much of rock n roll has become what I would call Glory Rock, with family values. It's the irreverence in rock that was always the turn-on. I disagree with people who say you shouldn't take yourself too seriously."